Sunny-Kim

Hidden Thoughts III: Stories of Awe

Narrator + Voices + Orchestra. 45 minutes.  (2024)

Text compiled: Katy Abbott with Maureen Johnson.

Stories of Awe will be premiered by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, August 9 + 10, 2024 in Hamer Hall, Melbourne.

Instrumentation

Narrator

Female Voice

Male Voice

Orchestra

(2.2.2.2. 2.1.1.1. Hp. Timp + 1. 8.6.4.2.2.)

Contribute A Story To The Music

The words spoken and sung will all be stories of awe, collected from the public.
We’d love to hear your own story or stories of awe.
Please contribute to this work by submitting a story. Stories are collected anonymously and you will be guided through this short questionnaire: bit.ly/stories-of-awe
Based on the stories of anonymous participants, this piece sets individual stories and the collective voice to music, capturing and delivering the very human experience of awe.
The stories tell of unexpected encounters, of finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, of being moved by music, art, nature, kindness and courage.
Collective effervescence, spiritual awakenings, the delicacy and complexity of nature and the infinitesimal self within it.

MSO 2024 Season Brochure

Hidden Thoughts III: Stories of Awe uses the research of Professor Dacher Keltner as its starting point.
Keltner (Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley) outlines the Eight Wonders Of Awe:
Moral Beauty
Collective Effervescence
Art
Music
Design
Spiritual Awe
Being Close To Life/Death
Epiphanies
Nature
Sunny Kim
Sunny Kim
Pamela-Rabe
Pamela Rabe
Andrew-O'Connor
Andrew O'Connor

Performances

2024 Metropolis Festival
August 9 + 10, 2024

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey with Pamela Rabe, Sunny Kim and Andrew O’Connor
Hamer Hall, Melbourne. 7:30pm

Bookings for this concert
(and to see all three Hidden Thoughts works in the 2024 Metropolis Festival).

Also, Max Richter’s Vivaldi Recomposed.